By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth. *** INSERT *** inspired by our class yesterday I posted this anatomically correct picture of the baby kicking mommy in the ribs. Notice the placement of the heals & the toes (with toenails) just below the diaphragm for added support. According to the first installment of our 4 class series most of what we learned was that there is not much mommy can do to stop baby from kicking her in the ribs other than push her and get kicked back. Eat smaller portions and generally just deal with it as this is just a one of the joys of being pregnant ;)
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